Template:Country data Canada

Template documentation

Template:Country data Canada is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, and others.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
alias	Canada	Main article name (Canada)
flag alias	Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg	Image name (File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
1867-official		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
1868		Canadian Red Ensign (1868–1921).svg
1905		Canadian Red Ensign (1905–1922).svg
1907		Canadian Red Ensign (1907–1921).png
1921		Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg
1957		Canadian Red Ensign (1957–1965).svg
1964		Flag of Canada (1964).svg
naval-1868	40px	Canadian Blue Ensign (1868–1921).svg
naval-1911	40px	Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
naval-1921	40px	Canadian Blue Ensign (1921–1957).svg
naval-1957	40px	Canadian Blue Ensign (1957–1965).svg
naval-1965	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg	Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
air force-1924	40px	Ensign of the Royal Canadian Air Force.svg
army-1939	40px	Flag of the Canadian Army (1939–1944).svg
army-1968	40px	Flag of the Canadian Army (1968–1998).gif
army-1989	40px	Flag of the Canadian Army (1968–1998).svg
army-2013	40px	Flag of the Canadian Army (2013–2016).png
naval	File:Naval ensign of Canada.svg	Naval ensign of Canada; Naval jack of Canada (1968–2013).svg
military	40px	Flag of the Canadian Forces.svg
coast guard	40px	Coastguard Flag of Canada.svg
air force	40px	Royal Canadian Air Force ensign.svg
army	File:Flag of the Canadian Army.svg	Flag of the Canadian Army.svg

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

• {{navy|Canada}} → Royal Canadian Navy
• {{flagicon|Canada|naval}} →
  

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:

• {{air force|Canada}} → Royal Canadian Air Force
• {{flagicon|Canada|air force}} →
  

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Armed forces:

• {{Armed forces|Canada}} → Template:Military/core
• {{flagicon|Canada|military}} →
  

This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:

• {{coast guard|Canada}} → Canadian Coast Guard
• {{flagicon|Canada|coast guard}} →
  

This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:

• {{army|Canada}} → Canadian Army
• {{flagicon|Canada|army}} →

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	{{flag|alias}} output	{{flagcountry|alias}} output
CAN (view)	CAN	Canada
Province of Canada (view)	Province of Canada	Canada
Dominion of Canada (view)	Dominion of Canada	Canada

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

• {{flag|Canada}} → Canada
• {{flagicon|Canada}} →

Using a flag variant

• {{flag|Canada|1867-official}} → Canada
• {{flagicon|Canada|1867-official}} →

Using a redirect alias

• {{flagicon|CAN}} →
• {{flagcountry|CAN}} → Canada
• {{flag|CAN}} → CAN

Other information

Country_data templates are also available for each of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada:

Template:Country data Alberta	Alberta
Template:Country data British Columbia	British Columbia
Template:Country data Manitoba	Manitoba
Template:Country data New Brunswick	New Brunswick
Template:Country data Newfoundland and Labrador	Newfoundland and Labrador
Template:Country data Northwest Territories	Northwest Territories
Template:Country data Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia
Template:Country data Nunavut	Nunavut
Template:Country data Ontario	Ontario
Template:Country data Prince Edward Island	Prince Edward Island
Template:Country data Quebec	Quebec
Template:Country data Saskatchewan	Saskatchewan
Template:Country data Yukon	Yukon

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.

TemplateData for Country data Canada

This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flagicon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
No parameters specified